Composer · b. 1960
Akira Kobayashi
Biography
Akira Kobayashi: He graduated from Tokyo University of Arts and Music and holds a master’s degree in Arts.
He has received numerous prizes in international competitions and awards including First Prize at the 1st International Carlos Chavez Prize competition for Young Composers, First Prize in Japan Symphony Foundation’s 10th Composition Competition, Finalist in the 3rd Music Today Composition Prize, Finalist in the 1st Nuove Sincronie International Composition Competition and Honorary Plaque in the 9th International Gino Contilli Composition Competition. His works were selected to be performed for Asia Music Week 2000 in Yokohama and Federation Music Week in 2001. He studied at the Sibelius Academy on an academic grant from the Japanese government in 1996. Currently, Akira Kobayashi is a Professor at Aichi University of the Arts.